Nicola Berry and the Petrifying Probl..., Liane Moriarty
Nicola Berry and the Petrifying Probl..., Liane Moriarty
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Nicola Berry and the Petrifying Problem with Princess Petronella #1

Author: Liane Moriarty

Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld

Unabridged: 5 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/15/2018


Synopsis

The first in a three-book outer space adventure series for young readers from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies!

Nicola Berry's life is turned upside down the day a man from another planet comes to Earth on a strange mission. He's looking for somebody to travel back to his home planet and convince their stuck-up princess not to turn Earth into her planet's giant garbage dump. When Nicola is chosen as the Earthling Ambassador, she's not sure that she's up to the task. Can Nicola and her friends save the planet in time? Or will the nasty Princess Petronella cover Earth in a galactic ton of garbage?

About Liane Moriarty

Born in November of 1966, Liane Moriarty was a child who always loved to read.

Her career began in advertising and marketing. She became quite corporate for a while and wore suits and worried a lot about the size of her office. She eventually left her position as marketing manager of a legal publishing company to run her own business called “The Little Ad Agency”. After that she worked as a freelance advertising copywriter, writing everything from websites and TV commercials to the back of the Sultana Bran box.

After finding out that her sister (author Jaclyn Moriarty) was about to have one of her own novels published, Liane rushed to the computer and wrote a children’s book called The Animal Olympics, which went on to be enthusiastically rejected by every publisher in Australia.

She calmed down and enrolled in a Master’s degree at Macquarie University in Sydney. As part of that degree, she wrote her first novel, Three Wishes. Since then she has written five more novels for adults, The Last Anniversary, What Alice Forgot, The Hypnotists Love Story, The Husband's Secret and most recently Big Little Lies.

In August 2013 Liane’s fifth novel The Husband’s Secret was released in the US and within two weeks had climbed the charts to become a #1 New York Times Bestseller.

Liane's latest novel Big Little Lies was published in July 2014 and debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list, making Liane the first Australian author to have a novel debut in the top spot in the US. Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon snapped up the film and television rights.

Liane is now a full-time author. She lives in Sydney with her husband and two small children who like to climb all over her while she tries to write helpfully smashing their fists against the keyboard and suggesting she might like to watch the Wiggles instead.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Daniel on February 24, 2023

Fast paced and comical in the absurdity of the situations rather than in the dialogue. The early portions reminded me of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. High praise! After the first half, the comedy ran dry and it became action-focused. As an adult reader, I enjoyed the setup......more

Goodreads review by Maggie on October 05, 2020

Not gonna lie, was simply supposed to be read just for a reading task, but I rather enjoyed it. Thanks @BookRoit for once again pushing me to #ReadHarder. This book fulfilled the middle grade title that doesn't take place in the USA or UK, Nicola and her Space Brigade was from Australia and the othe......more

Goodreads review by Kali on January 21, 2025

Just finished Nicola Berry and the Petrifying Problem with Princess Petronella by Liane Moriarty, and WOW—what a fun, imaginative ride! 🚀 This book is such a quirky, colorful adventure. Nicola Berry, your everyday schoolgirl, suddenly becomes Earth’s unlikely hero when she’s sent on a wild mission to......more

Goodreads review by Julieta on October 05, 2019

Fue sumamente divertido! No me esperaba disfrutar tanto de un middle grade pero este fue divertido, espectacular y muy descabellado (? Amé los personajes y todas las lecciones que da durante la historia, como ser más conscientes de que tenemos un solo planeta Y HAY QUE CUIDARLO! Gracias a la editori......more

Goodreads review by Alba on August 03, 2018

Nicola Berry is just an average kid until the day a man from another planet comes to Earth to seek out the “Earthling Ambassador” who will travel back to his planet and hopefully convince Princess Petronella not to turn Earth into a garbage dump. When Nicola is chosen, she is excited and nervous abo......more